Johnny Jones off to flying start as LSU's basketball coach

10:14 AM,
Oct. 11, 2012

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BATON ROUGE -- He was nicknamed "Bullet" for his fast style as a guard at DeRidder High and then at LSU from 1980-84. Johnny Jones has been traversing the state and beyond in the same fashion as LSU's new men's basketball coach.

In just six months on the job as of this Saturday, Jones has already signed and gotten commitments from more players than former coach Trent Johnson did in multiple years of his four-year stay.

Four players have signed with Jones for the 2012-13 season -- 6-foot-5 forward Shavon Coleman of Thibodaux via junior college, 6-7 forward Shane Hammink of the Netherlands, 6-2 ...